Mobile Phones Affect the Health of Teens

Mobile Phones Affect the Health of Teenagers
A new study by the Pew Research Center has discovered that 78% of American teenagers (and growing) have cell phones. (“Teens and Technology 2013”) In our society nowadays, teenagers all around the world have mobile phones that are used constantly. While many teenagers love the fact that they can call, send, and receive text messages from their favorite mobile device, I believe this to be a substandard idea: cell phones distract teens and influence them to be less social, cause laziness, and finally mobile phones could result into several shocking health problems.

To begin with, reducing the usage of wireless phones worldwide by teens would be a great way for the youth to focus better in school and to interact more with friends and family. Although this might seem out of one’s mind, cellular telephones do have this negative effect on teenagers. First of all, the time spent playing on a cell phone reduces the time teens spend working on homework and studying. In Fullerton, California, an accelerated high school English teacher at Troy high school has noticed that her student’s written works are not as developed as previously throughout her fourteen years of teaching. (“Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say”) If teenagers would have the time to work and study harder, they’d have better grades. Also, teenagers today text when they’re near one another. According to Bonnie Ellis, Ph.D. and director for the University of Phoenix Detroit, texting has such an impact that people text one another when side by side instead of having a normal face-to-face conversation. (“How Does Texting Affect Teenagers”) If you have the ability to have verbal conversations with people, what’...

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...sual work like working on a phone or computer for hours a day are the ones who are more likely to receive Myopia. In the end, health problems could be caused simply by using a mobile phone.
To conclude, parents should try their absolute best to help reduce the amount of time their children use their cell phones – although it might be very challenging. This is because cellular devices can influence teenager’s social skills like the English teacher at Troy high school had mentioned. Furthermore, mobile phones can increase the laziness of young adults such as Amanda Palasky’s daughter Heather and her chores around the house. Lastly, like studies have shown, wireless telephones could cause various health problems in teens like Myopia. Therefore, think of how much time would be saved if teens and their parents knew about the repercussions cell phones could lead to.